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This is the only analysis of indigenous discourse about an African belief system undertaken within the framework of Anglo-American analytical philosophy.

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'Analytic philosophers have invested enormous amoun ts of energy attempting to analyse various terms that play a central role in our everyday thinking about the epistemic and ethical dimensions of our lives. It is often supposed that the conceptions underlying these terms are universals of human culture. The fascinating thesis of this intriguing little book is that supposition is false.' Ethics

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Foreword W. V. O. Quine Preface Barry Hallen Foreword Dorothy Emmet Introduction 1. Indeterminacy and the translation of alien behaviour 2. An African epistemology: the knowledge-belief distinction and Yoruba discourse 3. The secrecy of the 'aje;' Conclusion Afterword Barry Hallen Appendix Bibliography Index.

Knowledge Belief and Witchcraft Analytic

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    A Paperback / softback by Barry Hallen, J. Olubi Sodipo, W. V. O. Quine

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      Publisher: Stanford University Press
      Publication Date: 01/08/1997
      ISBN13: 9780804728232, 978-0804728232
      ISBN10: 0804728232
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This is the only analysis of indigenous discourse about an African belief system undertaken within the framework of Anglo-American analytical philosophy.

      Trade Review
      'Analytic philosophers have invested enormous amoun ts of energy attempting to analyse various terms that play a central role in our everyday thinking about the epistemic and ethical dimensions of our lives. It is often supposed that the conceptions underlying these terms are universals of human culture. The fascinating thesis of this intriguing little book is that supposition is false.' Ethics

      Table of Contents
      Foreword W. V. O. Quine Preface Barry Hallen Foreword Dorothy Emmet Introduction 1. Indeterminacy and the translation of alien behaviour 2. An African epistemology: the knowledge-belief distinction and Yoruba discourse 3. The secrecy of the 'aje;' Conclusion Afterword Barry Hallen Appendix Bibliography Index.

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